Sunday Quiz

1.Name the dope tainted cyclist who was stripped of his 2006 tour de France title for using synthetic testosterone to fuel his spectacular comeback win.
Ans : Floyd Landis.

2. Who was the only golfer in PGA history to make a hole-in-one on a Par-4 when he did it in 2001?
Ans : Andrew Magee.

3. Name the first cricketer who bagged 10 wickets in a Test innings.
Ans : Jim Laker.

4. Who was tennis star Monica Seles playing in the 1993 Citizen’s Cup Tournament in Hamburg, Germany, when she was stabbed in the back by a spectator?
Ans : Magdalena Maleeva

5. Who was the first NBA player to score 2,000 points in a season?
Ans : George Yardley

6. How many cows does it take to supply the NFL with enough leather to make one years’ worth of footballs?
Ans : 3000.

7. Name the two American swimmers who registered the first official tie in Olympic history in the 100-meter freestyle at the 1984 Olympics. Both recorded a time of
55.92.
Ans : Nancy Hogshead and Carie Steinseifer

8. Terrell Owens was involved in a controversialcommercial that aired as an opening segment for a Monday Night Football game. The commercial had Owens and which “Desperate Housewives” star in a sexually suggestive situation?
Ans : Nicolette Sheridan

9. This cricketer (in the pic) played for South Africa when Rhodesia was still playing in the SA domestic competition. He played in England after South Africa was exiled from International Cricket. He actually qualified to play for England in the '80s, but was not chosen. Who is he?                                                                                                                                   Ans: Mike Procter

10.Name the US athlete who was “about a week” pregnant when she broke the world 200-meter record at the 1984 Olympics?
Ans : Valerie Brisco-Hooks